Life Lessons

The nature of life and work in the city has changed in the last 10 years.

Smart phones and data access free workers from their desks and allow work to happen anytime, anywhere and yet London’s status as a global business hub continues to grow. What draws people to London if they don’t physically have to be there to make a living?

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The Future of Work

Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. Now that we have the technology to work anywhere should a workplace offer more than just a room in which to work?

Fountain of Youth?

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Buzzing by Day Ghost Town by Night?

The City of London has a very high employment density but a very low residential density. This effectively means that the population of the square mile that constitutes London’s principle business district soars during the working day and plummets on an evening as workers return home to the suburbs in outer London and beyond. The population in the City of London is 54 times larger during the working day than at night. Is there a better way to make use of these spaces that are uninhabited outside of business hours?

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Generation Wireless?

We work from bed, on the train and abroad. We no longer need a desk and four walls to keep us connected with our bread and butter. This wireless attitude has made us more agile and the digital sector is responding and growing fast. 41% of digital tech economy jobs exist within traditionally non-digital industries. Are London’s living and working patterns responding to this new level of connectivity?

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The Road Less Travelled?

More commuting time means (for the most of us) a new book crossed off our must reads list every other week. We are embarking on physical and fictional journeys that keep us in a love/hate relationship with the big smoke. How far will London’s commuter belt grow before this relationship becomes unsustainable?

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Commuter’s Hell?

This map shows the percentage of people commuting into inner London from beyond its geographical borders. As these daily journeys grow do we need to re-appraise the boundaries of where modern London is?